Monthly Archives: May 2010

A set of photographs of Poundbury by Dennis Gilbert. There’s a studied blankness here, an almost subconscious attempt at sabotaging the contrived neo-classical picturesque that Poundbury supposedly represents. It’s unfortunate perhaps that the modern archetype the town most closely resembles … Continue reading →

A random assemblage of links, with forgotten modernity lurking just under the surface. View to Corrupt, ‘each time you view this page it writes a portion of your IP address to a random location in the image shown above. With … Continue reading →

Some musings on Knight Lore, back when computer games were hard. The physical effort and time commitment one had to make to load a game from cassette meant that when you finally got it, you jolly well played it. Short … Continue reading →

So how long before all contemporary coffee table books are iPad-enabled? From an outsider’s perspective, the iPad looks at its best when it’s providing a bit of depth beneath the still image, a way of peeling back layers, zooming in, … Continue reading →

Collected Visuals / Today and Tomorrow has a fine portfolio of the BMW M1 by Jan Baedeker / cars and architecture at the Parking Garage Pool / the Christian as Culture Making, the ‘rallying cry for a new generation of … Continue reading →

The 1851 Glove Map of London. An object that captures the imagination and is suddenly everywhere, tumbled, blogged, tweeted, etc, having first (?) emerged on Boing Boing back in 2008 after being picked up from an exhibition at the Field … Continue reading →

Magnezium, photographs by Kuba Ryniewicz of Steetley Magnesite in Hartlepool. Described by the photographer as ‘the best post-human zone I visited so far in the UK,’ this well-recognised photographic location is also a favourite of urban explorers (in the top … Continue reading →